Tent-bed



F. M. STOLL.

TENT asp. APPLICATION FILED MAR-10,1919.

1,327,887. Patented Jan.13,1920.

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TENT BED. APPLICATION FILED MAR. i0, 19%9.

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INVBVTOR 87 g 4110mm entrain snares FRANK M. STOLL, OF'DENVER, COLORADO.

TENT-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. March 10, 1919. Serial No. 281,824. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. STOLL,'. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tent-Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tent beds, and the invention has for its object the provision of means for stretching the tent over the bed.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of means whereby a tent may be fixed at one point to a bed and stretched by means of a part of the bed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a foot rest of a tent bed by means of which foot rest, the roof of the tent may be stretched after the tent has been set up over the bed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawmgs.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation view of the tent bed, with one side of the tent thrown up so as to expose the bed proper; Fig. 2 is a view of the foot piece for the bed; Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the foot piece of the bed in collapsible conditon; Fig. 4: is a detail view illustrating the manner of bracing the foot piece to the sides of the bed; Fig. 5 is an edge view of one of the braces for the foot piece; Fig. 6 is a detail view of a button by means of which the foot piece is pivotally connected to the end member of the bed; Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the button holes for the reception of the button shown in Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is an edge view of one of the members in which the button hole is formed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Let the numeral 5 designate a tent employed in connection with a collapsible bed 6. The tent 5 comprises a roof 7, the upper extremity of which is secured, as shown at 8, to an automobile, or other suitable support. Side members 9 and 10 depend from the roof 7 on the opposite sides of the bed 6, and end members 12 and 13 depend from the extremities-of the roof 7 at the opposite ends of the bed 6, the end member 13 depending from the roof 7 adjacent the foot of the bed. It will be noted that the bed 6 is supported at one end by means of a support 14, which may be at running board ofan automobile, or any other suitable support. By means of this support 14 and ground engaging members 15, the mattress 16 of the bed is supported above the ground. The side members 9 and 10 and the end member 13 drop below the mattress 16 and extend entirely to the ground thereby closing off the circulation of air under themattress 16. Guy ropes 17 are connected with the lower extremity ofv the roof 7 of the tent, and are adapted to be tied to pins which are driven in the ground thereby holding the tent 5 in its set up condition in con unction with the fastening means 8. The foot of the bed 6 is provided with a collapsible foot piece designated in its entirety by the reference numeral 18. This foot piece consists of a bar 19 adapted to be extended parallel With the end mem-- ber 20 of the bed. Arms 21 are ivoted at the opposite extremities of the bar 19, as shown at 22, whereby said arms 21 may be folded parallel with the bar 19 when the foot piece is not in use. The lower extremities of these arms 21 are bent at right angles to form'buttons 22, the material of said buttons 22 being cut away, as shown at 23, to form reduced shanks. An angle member 24 is secured at each extremity of the end member 20, as shown at 25. The vertical portions of these angle members 24 are provided with button holes 26 therein, the central portion of said button holes 26 being of circular shape, from which circular portions two slots 27 lead, said slots 27 being disposed opposite each other and in vertical positions. The buttons 22 are engaged in these button holes 26 by placing the heads of the buttons in alinement with the slots 27, whereby the heads ofsaid buttons will be permitted to be received through the button holes 26 by reason of their reception by the slots 27. Then by raising the arms 21 to their vertical positions, the shanks 23 will rotate in the Patented-Jan.13, 1920.

circular portions of the button holes 26 turning the heads of the buttons 22 out of alinement with the slots 27, and thereby preventing disengagement of the buttons 22 from the button holes 26 until suchtime as the heads of said buttons have been turned into alinement with the slots 27. hen the foot piece 18 is not in use, the arms 21 thereof are folded parallel with the bar 18 as is illus trated in Fig. 3 and when said foot piece is in use, the arms 21 are extended to positions at right angles to the bar 18, as is shown in Fig. 4. Each of the arms 21 is provided with a brace 28, one extremity of which is pivoted, as shown at 29, intermediate the extremities of said arms 21. The free extremities of these braces 28 are bifurcated, as shown at 30, to receive the side members 31 of the bed. The side members 31 of the bed are provided with rack teeth 32, with which the free extremities of the braces 28 engage. The extremities of the braces 28 in which the bifurcations 30 are formed are bent at an angle, as shown at 33, whereby there is a direct engagement of said free extremities of the braces 28 with the rack teeth 32. When the foot piece 18 is not in use, these braces 28 will be collapsed on their pivots 29 parallel with the arms 21, as shown in Fig. 3. \Vhen they are so collapsed, they will be received behind the heads of the buttons 22, as is shown at 3 1 in Fig. 3, whereby the said braces 28 Will be rigidly held in their 001- lapsed positions.

By referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the foot piece 18 serves as a support for one end of the tent 5. The lower extremity of the roof 7 of the tent 5 rests upon the bar 19, thereby supporting said lower extremity of the roof 7 and spacing the latter from the mattress 16. This foot piece 18 is connected with the angle members 24, and then the tent 5 is set up over the bed 6, the guy ropes 17 having first been tied to their pins. Then, the roof of the tent 5 may be raised up or spacedaway from the mattress 16 and at the same time stretched by moving the bar 19 out wardly. This outward movement of the bar 19 is accomplished by stepping the braces 28 upwardly on the rack teeth 32. This operation causes the arms 21 to move rearwardly, which operation is continued until they occupy vertical positions. The roof 7 of the tent may be further stretched by moving said arms 21 outwardly beyond their vertical positions. In adjusting the foot piece 18, the shanks 23 of the buttons 22 rotate in the circular portion of the button holes 26.

While I have described and illustrated herein a specific form of my invention, it is understood that I am not limited thereto, and that the invention may be modified and varied without departing from the spirit of the same or the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:-

1. In a tent bed, the combination with a bed, composed of two side rails and the foot rails, of a tent adapted to be supported over said bed and having a roof inclined clownwardly in direction of the foot rail of the bed, a bar extending parallel with the foot rail of the bed, arms secured to the opposite extremities of the said bar, the foot rail of the bed havingapertured ears secured thereto, the free extremities of said arms having buttons thereon adapted to be received in the apertures of said ears thereby pivoting said arms, said arms adapted to be moved on their pivots to elevate said bar and cause the same to engage with the roof of said tent and elevate the latter.

2. In a tent bed, the combination with the bed composed of two side rails and the foot rail, of a tent adapted to be supported over said bed and having a roof downwardly inclined in the direction of the foot rail of the bed, a bar adapted to extend parallel with the foot rail of the bed, arms pivotally connected with the extremities of the said bar and adapted to be folded parallel with said bar when the latter is in its inoperative position, said arms adapted also to be pivotally and detachably connected with the said foot rail of the bed, said arms adapted to be moved on their pivots with the foot rail of the bed to elevate said bar and cause the same to engage with the inner surface of the roof of the tent and. stretch the same in the direction of the foot rail of the bed, and braces pivotally connected with said arms and adapted to engage with theside rails of the bed and sustain the said arms in fixed positions of adjustment, said braces adapted to be folded parallel with said arms so that they will also be parallel with said bar when the latter is in its inoperative position.

3. In a bed, the combination with a tent, adapted to be supported over said bed-and having a roof adapted to be fixedly secured at one extremity and downwardly inclined therefrom toward the foot of the bed, the other extremity of said roof adapted also to be fixedly secured, and a supporting member pivoted to the bed and adapted to be elevated into engagement with the inner surface of said roof between the two fixed extremities of the latter, said supporting member adapted to be moved toward its vertical position in the direction ofthe downward inclination of the roof for applying tautness to the roof of the tent and for supporting the said roof above the foot of the bed, and means or bracin said supporting member in its adjusted position.

4. In a bed, the combination with a canopy adapted to be supported over said bed, said canopy adapted to be fixedly secured at one extremity and downwardly inclined from the point where it is fixedly secured toward the foot of the bed, the other extremity of said canopy adapted also to be fixedly secured, asupporting member pivoted to the bed and adapted to be elevated into engagement with the inner surface of said canopy between the two fixed extremities of the latter, said supporting member adapted to be moved toward its vertical position in 10 the direction of the downward inclination of the canopy, whereby the said canopy is stretched, and means for retaining said supporting member in its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. 15

FRANK M. STOLL. 

